
Product
- DETOX
- Development of solvent-free PUs that already meet the Detox 2020 standards
- Shoes that contain no traces of the 11 chemicals set out in the Detox standards are already being produced
- Long-term partnerships with raw material manufacturers and factories in order to implement the Detox standards by 2020 at the latest
- Blue Sign
- GOTS
- Leather Working Group: All of our leather products are purchased exclusively from Gold & Silver LWG-certified tanneries. LWG-certified tanneries in accordance with social and environmental standards specially developed for leather manufacturing. leatherworkinggroup.com
- NEW MATERIAL DEVELOPMENTS
- Use of materials from recycled PET plastic bottles
- Use of organic cotton
- Use of compostable polyester membranes in TEX products
- CERTIFICATIONS
- Blue Angel for the German market; one product has already been certified
- Austrian Ecolabel for the domestic market; the first few products are in the process of being certified
- CHEMICAL TESTS
- Close cooperation with the PFI for all new requirements and Detox
- Contracts with all well-known testing institutes in Europe, e.g. Bureau Veritas, TÜV, SGS, Intertek
- All of our imported goods satisfy the EU & Reach standards as a minimum
- QUALITY CONTROL
- In-house inspection team with 30 employees under European leadership in China
- In-house technical team, which oversees product development from prototype to production
- At least five separate inspections are carried out and documented per order, from the point of view of continuously improving the product, not just to identify errors
- Technical support for factories before and during production
- PACKAGING OF GOODS
- Reduction of all PET packaging to an absolute minimum
- Push for compostable or recycled materials
- Encouraging customers to avoid PET packaging